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...Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, a vocal supporter of Israel who co-drafted a separate petition against the boycott, said that he thought Faust had "handled [the situation] superbly...
...boycott was proposed earlier this summer by University and College Union, which represents 120,000 British professors and other academics, as a means to protest the Jewish state's human rights record. The proposal will be voted on by the union's membership in the coming months...
...University presidents from across the country condemned the proposed boycott in an advertisement in The New York Times last week declaring, "Boycott Israeli Universities? Boycott Ours, Too!" The petition, organized by the American Jewish Committee, featured a statement by Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger, a noted free speech scholar, and was signed by numerous others including the presidents of MIT and Princeton University...
...Several professors who had signed other petitions against the boycott applauded Faust's sentiments and her decision to express them privately...
...Reaction among student groups was more mixed, but three of the groups that are active on Middle East issues criticized the boycott to varying extents...